been reading Bend in the road this week...i was drawn to Nicholas Sparks a few years ago when i first watched "The Notebook" on DVD... for romantophilic,scar-o-horror types like me (and for braver species tooo), its a wonderful movie....it is very rare that you like a movie better than the original. it may be because i saw the movie first and the cinematic execution was too satisfying that i decided that the movie was better than the book itself. That, in a way, means that the author loses out to a more visually appealing, explicit canvas. i thought to myself then that i would read other Nicholas Sparks novels untouched by the silver screen or would not view the cinematic version if there was one, until i could finish the book.
So saying, i got the book and started reading it(its been a while since my last book). Now that i am done with it, it has not been a life changing experience (like my favorites - Kane and Abel etc.,)..now i can't even be sure that i would have appreciated "The Notebook" but for the movie....could the plot get any more predictable??? i should hand it to the author that this was not a whoduunnit...but still, if there is mystery in a romantic novel, it cant be set as explicit... may be its just me,but i dont know who, after reading the first 100 or so pages, could not have nailed the plot... its another matter that i really didnt see much of the romance in the book...every frigging detail in the book was - cliche', predictable..honestly i was taken in by the book's title and went for it, apart from the Nic Sparks' charm...now i dont know if i could be mesmerized anymore by this man...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A Wonderful Prosperous New Year...
Lots of exciting changes waiting to happen in the upcoming year... a new US president, possibly a new govt in India, renewed hopes for better job opportunities...An upheaval of the financial sector and its repercussions on the Wall Street and Main Street are yet to see the proverbial light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel.The financial crisis was a boiling pot of greed waiting to overpour since the time the housing loans became lotto giveaways.It so happened to show its ugly head in 2008.Terrorism revealed itself in Mumbai in a never before grueling socialistic way,killing all and sundry in its path - from prince to pauper.It is now more than ever that we hope to ring out the old and bring in the new...
Despite its shortcomings(definitely an undertone, and friends for the lack of creativity), 2008 had its moments. Only when the world has undergone such a massive upheaval (ala turning the contents of a cooking pot), can real change happen .This year, we have seen the 'real America' rise to the occassion to purge itself of the 'same old'.As has been oft repeated, a black man in the White house is the first real change the world could ask for. Change is the only constant, they say, and to change is not the easiest of things. As Venus and Moon unite to bid farewell to a limping2008, let us hope for a bright and promising 2009...Let us hope that this 'slumdog millionaire' proves to be worth his salt.
Despite its shortcomings(definitely an undertone, and friends for the lack of creativity), 2008 had its moments. Only when the world has undergone such a massive upheaval (ala turning the contents of a cooking pot), can real change happen .This year, we have seen the 'real America' rise to the occassion to purge itself of the 'same old'.As has been oft repeated, a black man in the White house is the first real change the world could ask for. Change is the only constant, they say, and to change is not the easiest of things. As Venus and Moon unite to bid farewell to a limping2008, let us hope for a bright and promising 2009...Let us hope that this 'slumdog millionaire' proves to be worth his salt.
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